Final Paper

Paris Agreement

Weltee Wolo

Rasmussen College

Author Note

This paper is being submitted on December 04, 2017 for Jaime Farrow’s

Human Uses of the Environment

G328/EVR3410 course

Paris Agreement

Do you believe that the United States should commit to the Paris Agreement? What arguments most influenced your decision?

The Paris agreement also referred to as the Paris climate agreement is an agreement made to reduce the level of climate change in the lobe today by mitigating the level of greenhouse gases that are emitted across the globe (Klein, Carazo, Doelle, Bulmer & Higham, 2017). However, the United States under the rule of Donald Trump expressed their intentions to leave this agreement in June this year. In this section will look at the reasons why the United States needs to stay committed to the agreement.

I believe that the United States needs to stay committed to this agreement for one major reason. This is because this agreement will help push the country to better and more effective climate change policies. Research in the United States shows that the policies that the country has put in place to control climate change greatly fall short of the Paris agreement requirements. This is because they have not been very effective in mitigating the level of greenhouse gases.

Without a commitment to this agreement, the policies that are in place in the United States show less commitment to climate change, and it is for this reason that the country has continued to suffer a lot of great natural disasters year after year. Staying committed to the Paris agreement is a good thing for the country since it will force them to be more, dedicated, more committed and also effective in fighting climate changes. The agreement will push them to do this by forcing them to put in place new measures to curb greenhouse emissions, and this is better for everyone in the globe and the country.

Do you believe that we will experience significant global warming during this century due to air pollution?

Yes, the emission of the greenhouse gases is the single leading cause of global warming. This is as a result of emission of more greenhouse gases for example from the burning of fuel will continue to make to worsen the state of global warming by trapping more and more heat from the sun. This will especially be the case in the current century since there is a rapidly growing demand for energy 80% of which is being derived from fossil fuel which leads to the emission of more and more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere (Schneider, 1998).

In what way would the Paris Agreement impact your position on global warming?

First, the Paris agreement affirms the fact that global warming is a major world problem today. This is the reason why many world leaders were willing to be part of this agreement. Further, the Paris agreement affirms to me that ending global warming is not a one-man war there is the need for countries to come together and fight together since this is a problem that collectively affects every individual across the globe (Klein, Carazo, Doelle, Bulmer & Higham, 2017). In general, this agreement simply confirms my position in the fact that global warming is a serious global problem that can only be solved through collaborative effort.

What is the effect of global warming on the Earth's water resources?

There is no doubt that global warming has a very significant impact on the world’s water resources. This is because global warming simply results in rising earth temperatures and this consequently leads to greater levels of water evaporation from the various water sources. The result of this is shortages of water resources across the globe and in extreme cases the drying up of water resources leading to drought (Shrestha, Babel & Pandey, 2014).

References

Klein, D., Carazo, M., Doelle, M., Bulmer, J. & Higham, A. (2017). The Paris agreement on climate change : analysis and commentary. Oxford, United Kingdom New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Schneider, T. (1998). Air pollution in the 21st century : priority issues and policy. Amsterdam New York: Elsevier.

Shrestha, S., Babel, M. & Pandey, V. (2014). Climate change and water resources. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis.